And despite growing rumours, she’s no Jon Snow and won’t be magically coming back to life after meeting a grisly fate in the Upside Down.

In recent interviews, the show’s creators Matt and Ross Duffer have all but confirmed that she will not be making a comeback.

During a live panel in New York, an audience member asked, ‘Is Barb dead?’, to which Matt Duffer replied:

I mean, yes ― yes, she’s dead. I thought we were pretty clear about that. There’s a slug hanging out of her mouth ― out of her dead corpse. And then if you were still confused, Hopper finds her in the nest, also very dead.

“So if you are holding out hope that she is still alive, that’s just wishful thinking,” Ross Duffer added.